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Production is already underway for Ridley Scott’s upcoming Alien: Covenant and one of the most curious additions to the cast is none other than Eastbound & Down star Danny McBride. Speaking with Rolling Stone (Via CBM), he revealed a little more about his role. Alien: Covenant is set to hit the big screen on August 4, 2017, and many fans …

Philando Castile was shot dead tonight after being pulled over by a Minneapolis cop for a busted tail light. As the country still reels from the death of Alton Sterling, protesters are demanding justice for Philando Castile, the 32-year-old black man who died in the hospital Wednesday night after he was shot by police in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, during a …

Ever wondered how much data a company could gather on you with nothing more than a first name and a Facebook Like?. This social experiment created by fraud prevention company Cifas shows just how much information can be gleaned in seconds from things you voluntarily put online.

A graphic video shows a Baton Rouge police officer shooting and killing Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old black man who was selling CDs in front of a convenience store early Tuesday morning. Witness Abdul Muflahi, who owns the supermarket in question, said an escalating conflict resulted in one officer using a stun gun on Sterling, and the other tackling him, according …

Scientists have developed a new tool intended to help emergency room doctors determine when fainting is a symptom of a more serious condition. Syncope, or fainting, accounts for between 1% and 3% of all emergency department visits. In most cases, it is benign, but it can sometimes be caused by serious health conditions. About 10% of patients who visit emergency …

Capcom announces the addition of a free DLC map featuring the Spencer Mansion from the first Resident Evil for its multiplayer shooter, Umbrella Corps. The announcement on the company’s Unity blog reads: Attention all the battle-hardened mercenaries climbing the online ranks of Umbrella Corps: a new zombie-filled warzone is on the horizon. Players will be able to return to the …

A Vancouver hospital is targeting C. difficile infections by deploying a detection dog to sniff out the superbug that’s notorious for spreading in health facilities. Canada’s first superbug-sniffing dog is about to start his job at a local hospital. Floppy ears and a happy-go-lucky disposition may not exactly scream superbug detective. But Angus the springer-spaniel has passed his tests and …

Goodbye to more tactile keys, and hello to planes of cool and smooth glass. Today, BlackBerry confirmed that it will stop making the Classic, one of the company’s last smartphone models based around a physical keyboard for inputting text, as the company prepares for a new series of phone designs based on Android and BlackBerry 10 platforms, and more attempts …

It is the star of its own 90s television series, and holds the current production car lap record at the Laguna Seca Raceway with a time of 1:28.65. We are of course referring to the iconic Dodge Viper, which will not only celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2016, but also its final year of production. To commemorate this bittersweet milestone, …

The Abbotsford police department has launched its annual driving excuses road safety campaign on Twitter. Abbotsford Police Constable Ian MacDonald says the origin of the campaign was to try to engage people on the serious topic of road safety from a different angle, and a reminder that not even police can be serious 24-hours a day.

Someone’s closet just got far more lively: The signature ruffled shirt and black-and-white blazer Prince wore in the film Purple Rain were sold at auction for $96,000 each to unnamed buyers. The Guardian reports that the New Romantic-style ivory silk shirt and a black-and-white blazer from the 1984 film sold for $96,000 each at a Profiles in History sale in …